Buyer profile · Police and fire
Police Digital Service tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE
- Tenders published
- 0
- In the last 12 months
- Contracts awarded
- 20
- To 9 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £421k
- 5 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £40k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Police Digital Service has no tenders open right now.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)8%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)48%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)40%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Police Digital Service has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 8%
- Lower than 79% of police and fire services
- Based on 25 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 70%
- Higher than 78% of police and fire services
- Based on 20 winning suppliers
- Direct awards
- 40%
- Higher than 50% of police and fire services
- Based on 25 procurements
Compared with other police and fire services
Police Digital Service: 8%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 15 |
| 10–20% | 10 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 2 |
| 60–70% | 3 |
| 70–80% | 3 |
| 80–90% | 2 |
| 90–100% | 3 |
Police Digital Service: 70%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 0 |
| 20–30% | 1 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 16 |
| 60–70% | 10 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 5 |
| 90–100% | 1 |
Each column is a group of police and fire services with similar figures. The coloured column holds Police Digital Service.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISF Membership | Information Security Forum | £41k | 31 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Manager | Permanent Futures Limited | £88k | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Data Protection Officer | Permanent Futures Limited | £51k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Ludus Migration | Vodafone Limited | £1.52m | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Business Analyst | Permanent Futures Limited | £119k | 29 Sept 2026 |
| Cyber Specialist | Permanent Futures Limited | £61k | 29 Sept 2026 |
| Digital & Technology Solutions Professional L6 Apprenticeship | QA Ltd. | £32k | 29 Sept 2026 |
| Machine Leanrning L6 Apprenticeship | QA Ltd. | £26k | 29 Sept 2026 |
| Business Analyst | Permanent Futures Limited | £97k | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Business Analyst | Permanent Futures Limited | £40k | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Business Analyst | Permanent Futures Limited | £114k | 25 Sept 2026 |